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P. HALE. PENDENT OAR ELEVATED RAILWAY SYSTEM.

No. 337,149. Patented Mar. 2, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEETCE.

PERLEY HALE, on BURLINGTON, IOWA.

PENDENT-CAR ELEVATED-RAILWAY SYSTEM.

SE-ZPECEFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,149, dated March 2, 1886.

Application filed December 21, 1885. Serial No. 186,331. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERLEY HALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pendent-Oar Elevated-Railway Systems; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the-same.

My invention relates to an elevated railway having a single line of posts for supporting the track, and provided with pendent cars operated by cable or other suitable power, and the objects of my invention are, first, to sustain the supporting posts against side strains from wind or other causes; second, to construct the trusses for the track in such a manner that the supporting-posts may be set at long distances from each other, and a light structure adopted for supporting the tracks; third, to use a vertical single truss to sustain the tracks and moving load, and to prevent said vertical single truss from buckling or bending either in vertical or horizontal planes; fourth, to use a single rail for each line of cars with a single vertical truss and single line of supporting-posts; fifth, to provide for running two or more lines of cars on single rails in opposite directions, and having the same supported by single vertical trusses and a single line of posts; sixth, to guard against accident from breakage of the wheels by suspending the cars from trucks or runninggear provided with a safety riding and stop bar and traveling on a rail above the car; seventh, to prevent the said trucks from leaving thetraek sidewise, and injuriously jumping on the track; eighth, to guide and limit the side motion or swinging of cars suspended or pendent from a single track by means of the side tiebars of the lower truss; ninth, to propel two lines of cars running in opposite directions by a direct and return traction-cable, the cables being above ground and on opposite sides of the track-support; tenth, to provide for the carrying of either two or four lines of laterally-suspended, guided, and guarded cars on a single vertical truss, having asingle line of post-supports; eleventh, to provide means for transferring pendent cars from one side of the truss of my improved elevated railway to the other, and from one track to another, by turntables or switches, or both; twelfth, to provide a safe means for transferring pendent cars across water-ways, and thereby avoiding detention of the cars from ships or boats in such water-ways; and, finally, to provide for lighting the elevated railway at night by electric or other lamps applied upon upwardlyextended central posts of the track-support. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan. showing one span of the top chord, the two lines of rail, and the horizontal trussing of said rails, the overhanging guards and cars being removed. Fig. 2 is a broken plan of a portion of a span of the bottom chord, showing the two lines of guiding lie-bars, horizontal trussing of said guides with the strut-sills, traction-cables and pulleys on the outside of said guides and the struts, and supporting-posts. Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2, showing a modification, whereby two guiding tie-bars instead of one may be employed on each sidein long spans. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of one span of my improved elevated railway, the lateral overhanging top guards and pendent cars being left 01f. Fig. 4* is a cross-section of Fig. 3, showing the lateral overhanging top guards and pendent cars in place. Fig. 4 are horizontal sections of the supporting-post. Fig. is a detail view showing a modification of the guides. Fig. 5 is a side elevation, on a reduced scale, of the water-way transfer; and Fig. 5 is a view of a safety device on inclined rails. Fig. 6 is a cross-view of the track, showing one of the supports of the water-way transfer. Fig.7 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of one of my improved trucks for a pendent car. Fig. 8 is a plan of the same. Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the truck, showing one of the grooved wheels and its boxes. in the line 00 00 of Figs. 7 and 8. Fig. 11 isa front view of a strut and its sill modified in in form and adapted for use in a four-line road. Fig. 12 is a section of a style of rail which may be adopted in carrying out my invention, a truck-wheel being shown resting upon it. Fig. 13 is a cross-view showing a Fig. 10 is a cross-section of the trucklamps X,applied on the top extensions of the supporting-posts. These lamps may be used tin connection with wires and storage-batteries to be suppliedbydynamo-electric machines run by the cable-engines, or otherwise, at the several stations, for the purpose of lighting the railway at night.

In Fig.5 are shown inclined trusses F G H, similar to the trusses F G H, and intended to be used on each side of a waterway, (such as the Chicago River,) together with a horizontal span, H for the purpose of transferring the cars above shipping from one side of a water-way to the other. The cars are to be drawn up one of the inclined'trusses across the span and taken down the other inclined truss by traction-cable.

In Fig. 6 is shown a method of sustaining the span by braced posts A B, inclined from each side of the street and united at the top.

In connection with the transfer trusses and span I shall provide yielding and safety or gravity arms J, attached to the rails of the inclined trusses, for preventing the cars running backward while ascending the inclined trusses. These arms will yield to the force of the cars while ascending the inclined trusses, but will become unyielding to a backward movement of the cars.

In Fig. 15 an illustration of the manner in which the trusses supporting the rails would be curved in passing around corners is shown. The post above ground is designated by A B, the corner of the street by c, and the cars by the letters S S. The corner post A B D (shown in Fig.16) occupies a position near the curb, while the other posts are located near the middle of the street, and the curved truss is sustained by ties running from top chord of said truss to the top extension, D, of the post, as shown, or in other suitable manner.

In Figs. 17 and 18 illustrations of modes of employing an ordinary turn-table and switch are shown. By means of the turn-table E cars can be switched from a track at right angles to another track, as shown, or from a track on one side of the truss to the opposite or returning side thereof, and by means of the switch Y, which is hinged at E and supported by a curved bar, f, cars can be switched on a branch track, as illustrated.

What I claim is 1. The combination, with the vertically and horizontally trussed rails of an elevated railway, of a single line of supporting-posts, the ground-extensions G of which are formed with a horizontal plate, 0*,wings 0 above the plate, and a cross end, 0 below the plate, substantially as described.

2. An elevated railway comprising a single line of posts, a single vertical truss, and an upper horizontal truss extended on opposite sides of the vertical truss, and its side bars forming the rails or foundations for the caps of the rail J of the track, substantially as described.

3. An elevated railway comprising a single line of supporting-posts, a single vertical truss, horizontal top truss, and a horizontal bottom truss, the side tie-plates, H, of which form guides for pendent-cars, substantially as described.

4.- The combination. of the single line of posts, vertical truss, top and bottom horizontal trusses, the rails J of the top truss,and the guides H of the lower truss, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination of the braced overhanging guards U, the top horizontally-trussed rails, J, the vertical truss, and the singleline of supporting-posts, substantially as and for the purpose described.

'6. The combination of the single line of posts, single vertical truss, and two tiers of horizontally-trussed rails, J J, and two tiers of horizontally-trussed guiding tiebars, H H, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a singleline of posts, single vertical truss, and two tiers of horizontally-trussed rails, two tiers of horizontallytrussed guides, and two tiers of braced and overhanging truck-guards,U, substantially as described.

8. The combination of asingleline of posts, single vertical truss, two tiers of horizontallytrussed rails, two tiers of horizontally-trussed guides, two tiers of braced and overhanging truck-guards, U, and check pins or stops,substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. The combination, with a single line of posts, single vertical truss, horizontal truss comprising rails, top chord, and tie-rods, and horizontal bottom truss comprising guiding tie-bars, tie-rods, and strut-sills, of pulleysP on each side of the. elevated railway, and a cable, p, passing over said pulleys and traveling on one side and returning on the other,

substantially as described.

s10. The combination of the inclined railsupporting trusses G F H, the horizontal rail-supporting trusses H and the inclined braced posts A B, substantially as described.

11. The combination,with the inclined rails J, of the gravitating arms J substantially as described.

12. The combination, with the curved corner trussed sections of the elevated railway, of the posts A B D and the ties a, substantially as described. v

13. In an elevated railway, the combination, with the single lines of posts, the single vertical truss, and horizontal top and bottom trusses, of a turn-table or switch which comprises a vertical truss and top and bottom horizontal trusses, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PERLEY HALE.

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J. H. HARRINGTON.

. GAR GOUPLING. No. 337,150.

Patented Mar. 2

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